Lucknow, 13 Sept : The monsoon of 2023 has arrived in several parts of Uttar Pradesh, which witnessed heavy rain for three days in a row over the weekend. While the rain is a boon for rice farmers, vegetable growers are suffering massive losses. Eastern Uttar Pradesh faced dry, drought-like conditions for the most of the monsoon season this year, from June to August. However, these places are now inundated. Rains caused flooding in many cities. Bhagatram of Patna Khargaura village in the Shravasti district of Uttar Pradesh was planning to irrigate his paddy fields using pumps. The unexpected rain saved me money and watered my paddy fields, he explained…
Between June 1 and September 12, the Shravasti district received 26% less rainfall than usual. The district is still classified as having insufficient rainfall. Paddy is still in the blossoming stage in the region, so the rain would be good, according to Shravasti agriculture official Prasad Mishra. This time, paddy has been sown on about 78,000 hectares in Shravasti, which is more than last year, he added.
Vegetable producers in the western UP districts of Moradabad and Baghpat, on the other hand, have experienced massive losses. Carrot and chili crops have ruined as a result of the sudden rain, according to Gaurav Tomar of Baghpat’s Angadpur Jogri village.
Karnipur Village Farmer on Rainfall and Crop Harms in Uttar Pradesh
In a meeting with the Uttar Pradesh government, the state’s Relief Commissioner was urged to analyze agricultural damage due to rain within a week. According to a farmer from Karnipur village in the Gonda district of Uttar Pradesh, the region received average rainfall, thus maize, sugarcane, and paddy crops were not harmed. The region’s paddy nursery was planted around June 25 this year, and sowing was completed on July 20. The rice ears will take at least 15 days to arrive. In the interim, if there is severe rain, the crops may be harmed, warned Jai Prakash Pandey. Sugarcane fields in regions of Gonda that were inundated owing to rainfall suffered greatly, according to the farmer.
According to the India Meteorological Department, Moradabad, Hardoi, Bahraich, Lucknow, Kannauj, Barabanki, Kanpur, Lakhimpur Kheri, Jhansi, and Siddharthnagar districts had significant rainfall between September 10, 2023 and September 12, 2023. According to the total monsoon rainfall this year from June 1 to September 12, large surplus rainfall was reported in the UP districts of Etah and Barabanki.
Comparison of rainfall statistics
A comparison of rainfall statistics from September 8, 2023 and September 12, 2023 shows that UP districts have improved. Excess rainfall was recorded in ten districts of Uttar Pradesh on September 8, 2023, and eleven districts on September 12. Kannauj, Badaun, Bijnor, Firozabad, Hamirpur, Kasganj, Mainpuri, Meerut, Moradabad, Muzaffarnagar, and Sambhal are among these districts.
At the same time, normal rainfall was seen in 19 districts of Uttar Pradesh on September 8, which climbed to 25 districts on September 12. On September 8, there were 39 districts in deficit, which had been reduced to 32. The districts of Chandauli, Kaushambi, Mau, and Pilibhit continue to be severely underserved.
